[MamaB]

I was changing channels earlier tonight. I came across one and the speaker was talking about the $500,000 addition to some Catholic official’s home in the NE. I changed channels again when I heard he added an indoor pool plus an outdoor one. Do not know where the money came from.

[Insigne123]

“I came across one and the speaker was talking about the $500,000 addition to some Catholic official’s home in the NE.”

Some catholics like the pope have austere lives...the present one is very selfless. He just happens to like commies, though.

[Not gonna take it anymore]

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/kathyschiffer/2014/02/some-key-facts-everyone-should-know-about-the-archbishop-s-residence-in-newark/

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

I came across one and the speaker was talking about the $500,000 addition to some Catholic official’s home in the NE. I changed channels again when I heard he added an indoor pool plus an outdoor one.

I don't know what a Catholic "official" is.

If it's a college president, then certainly that would be possible.

Clergy? Possibly, if the money came from his family, an inheritance, or something similar. Parish priests do not take vows of poverty. But it would not have come from his congregation, unless the money was embezzled.

Parish priests live on a fairly modest stipend of $18-32k/year, not including free room and board, and a car allowance.